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    • Pontifications: Writing had been on the wall for years for Q400 sale; CRJ is next

    Nov. 12, 2018, © Leeham News: The writing had really been on the wall for the past few years, regardless what the corporate line was: Bombardier was one day going to sell the Q400 program or shut it… Read More

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     Posted on November 12, 2018 by

     Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications

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    Pontifications: Pilots train for instrumentation mismatches

    Nov. 5, 2018, © Leeham News: It was a week ago that Lion Air JT 610 crashed into the sea, just 13 minutes after takeoff. The crash was the first involving the Boeing 737 MAX (in this case,… Read More

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     Posted on November 5, 2018 by

     Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Pontifications

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    Huge surge of A320 orders greatly exceed near-, mid-term A320 retirements

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     Posted on October 4, 2018 by

     AirAsia, Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, McDonnell Douglas, Premium

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    Future Mobile A220 final assembly line already pushing capacity

    July 11, 2018, © Leeham News: The order for 60 Airbus A220-300s, when added to the order for 75 A220-100s by Delta Air Lines and the anticipated order for 60 A220-300s by USA start-up carrier Moxy Airlines, nearly… Read More

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     Posted on July 11, 2018 by

     Airbus, Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines

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    JetBlue orders 60 A220-300s in surprise timing

    July 10, 2018, (c) Leeham News: JetBlue announced an order today for 60 Airbus A220-300s, nee Bombardier CS300s. The airline took options on 60 more. The timing is a surprise–JetBlue previously said it would not be ready to… Read More

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     Posted on July 10, 2018 by

     Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Farnborough Air Show, Pratt & Whitney

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    Boeing, Embraer tie-up key to NMA development

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     Posted on July 9, 2018 by

     Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Premium

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    Pontifications: C Series to Airbus, 10 years since program launch, lower fuel burn

    July 2, 2018, © Leeham News: Airbus officially became the majority partner yesterday of the C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership, or CSALP. Airbus has a 50.01% stake in the LP, with Bombardier and the province of Quebec holding… Read More

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     Posted on July 2, 2018 by

     Airbus, Airlines, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, Farnborough Air Show, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney

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    Pontifications: Growing aerospace in the US Southeast

    June 24, 2018, © Leeham News: We’re a week away from the partnership between Airbus and the Bombardier C Series program becoming effective. Beginning tomorrow, Leeham Co. and Airfinance Journal hold the Inaugural Southeast Aerospace & Defence Conference… Read More

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     Posted on June 25, 2018 by

     Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, Delta Air Lines, Middle of the Market, New Midmarket Aircraft, Pontifications, Southeast Aerospace and Defense Conference, United Airlines

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    Pontifications: Why Embraer downplayed range of EJet

    June 18, 2018, © Leeham News: Bjorn Fehrm on Thursday wrote (behind the paywall) that Embraer seems to be selling the E190-E2 short when it comes to range. Embraer’s published range is 2,850nm. But Bjorn discovered that the… Read More

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     Posted on June 18, 2018 by

     Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, Delta Air Lines, E-Jet, Embraer, Pontifications

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    Pontifications: Measured comments and “useful” information

    March 5, 2018, © Leeham Co.: Nothing is as frustrating to a journalist as interview a great subject who doesn’t offer up anything especially useful. I had a brief sideline interview with one such person at the US… Read More

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     Posted on March 5, 2018 by

     Airbus, Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Pontifications

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